Has anyone noticed that when realtors and assessors talk about a view it always seems to be based on that being viewed having value in inverse proportion to people or artifacts viewed?
Not necessarily. Some of the most highly prized views in the San Francisco Bay Area are of the city skyline from afar, the Golden Gate, etc. but I do think you've noticed that, as nature becomes more scarce and as people get more alienated from it in life, it becomes a valued good. That the government should have an armed monopoly in managing that product is insane.